Resources and Land Use
Natural resources: natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Land use:
Arable land: 55.39%
Permanent crops: 3.08%
other: 41.53% (2005)
Irrigated land: 47,250 km² (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 1,210.6 km³ (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 79.4 km³/yr (3%/1%/96%)
per capita: 560 m³/yr (2000)
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